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Justice & Human Rights

Justice & Human Rights

The protection of human rights continues to be one of the most challenging and debated topics of our time.

Use your time abroad to meet with experts, policy makers, and those directly affected by human rights violations to enhance your knowledge of how international law, justice, and human rights intersect.

Investigate the underlying political and legal issues animating interstate conflict, transnational crime, and the rights of refugees across Europe.

This program is a good fit if you study:

  • Government
  • Human Rights
  • International Relations
  • Legal Studies
  • Political Science
Justice & Human Rights

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Core Course

Fleeing Across Borders: International Refugee Law

Semester
Copenhagen
Fleeing Across Borders: International Refugee Law

Global North states have all undertaken to provide asylum and related human rights protections to people forcibly displaced from their homes in the Global South, however these legal obligations are normally only triggered when people seeking asylum reach the borders of these states...

Study Tours: Sicily, Southern Sweden, Greece, Denmark

Disciplines: Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Human Rights, International Relations, Legal Studies, Political Science

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Spring 2026- Section A

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Spring 2026- Section B

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Humanitarian Law and Armed Conflict

Semester
Copenhagen
Neuroscience of Fear and Anxiety

The armed conflicts in Ukraine and, more recently, the fighting in Gaza serve as real-world examples that set in motion the long-lasting debate on the constraints of international law to promote humanity and to restrain brutality on the battlefield when states and non-state actors are fighting existential struggles.

Study Tours: Geneva and Chamonix, Denmark, Sarajevo-Belgrade

Disciplines: Government, Human Rights, International Relations, Legal Studies, Political Science

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Spring 2026

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